“Project Management” is an enormous industry. Software, training, certifications and even Masters degrees – everything you can imagine — to make us better at managing simple and complex projects. But we keep failing. Over and over again. Is there a solution? Yes. Research on PM effectiveness reveals there are 7,...
When a project has failed to deliver on its promises, it’s important to look at the hard data behind the project and the people working on it if lessons are to be learned from the mistakes made and those mistakes are not repeated. All business analysts...
1. Strategic Alignment Project management is important because it ensures what is being delivered, is right and will deliver real value against the business opportunity. 2. Leadership Project management is important because it brings leadership and direction to projects. 3. Clear Focus & Objectives Project management is important because it...
OUR SOLUTIONS – YOUR PEOPLE – PROJECT SUCCESS PM360 Consulting flagship course teaches a project management method known as “Structured Project Management” or the “Ten Steps to Project Success”. This workshop teaches what you need to know to run any project successfully.The powerful and practical hands-on methodology...
If any business activity ever cried out for project management skills, it is an initiative spawned by a merger or acquisition. Here are 10 steps successfully applying project management fundamentals to business integration projects. Last year, some 40,000 companies changed ownership, for a total deal value...
One of the books that has significantly influenced my thinking as an entrepreneur is The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt. It’s a business book written in the form of a novel, and it follows a fictional plant manager named Alex Rogo as he methodically fixes processes in a...
Project management is a growing field and plays an important role in ensuring projects are carefully planned, directed and aligned with a company’s strategic goals. Program management effectively reduces risks, cuts costs and improves success rates. Project managers are specially trained to use its proven techniques...
‘Why is project management important?’ is an interesting question that clients sometimes pose. They’ll ask: “Can’t we just brief the team doing the work and manage them ourselves? It’ll be loads cheaper.” They wonder if they really need project management because on paper it looks like an...
Although there have been huge advances in project management in the last 20 years, the issue of Project Failure is still the elephant in the room. Success rates are not improving and the metrics surrounding project failure have been disturbing for decades — at least...
Projects Won’t Always Succeed – Here Are 6 Reasons Why In 1990, I worked for the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta as a sales equipment engineer. During this time, we were running a campaign known as “Magic Summer ’90.” Part of this campaign involved Coca-Cola cans that...